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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-29
court house in Hillsboro on the 22d
day Of October next ORANGE.

Goose Creek Farmers Club met at
Piney Grove school house September
5th, 1887. J. NJ. Braswell, Presi-
dent, in the chair.
The roll was called and minutes of
preceding meeting read and approved
On motion, w. J. Tomberlin was
received as member of the club.
On motion, the ladies were respect
fully invited to attend the meetings of
the club.
On motion, we appointed five dele
gates to attend the county meeting,
which will be held at High Hill church
on the 5th of October.
On motion, a committee composed
of the following named gentlemen
were appointed to draft some resolu-
tions to be presented to the county
meeting: J. M. Braswell, Chairman ;
J. w. Presley, H. J. Tomberlin, J. F.
E. Braswell, G. W. Mullis and w. E.
Presley.
The committee submitted the follow
ing report, which was adopted :
Resolved /, That We unite as the
farmers Of said county in an organiza-
ton.
2. That we adopt such measures as
will enable us to make sale of all Of
our cotton that is free from claims.
3. That we solicit the cooperation
of each farmers club in the county to
aid us in the enterprise
4. That in connection with the
above propositions, we arrange through
some agency for our general supplies.
On motion, the Secretary was
ordered to send a brief copy of this
meeting to The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
for publication. ....
On motion, the meeting adjourned
to meet at Piney Grove school house
Saturday before the second Sunday in
October.
J. M. BRAswELL Prest
c. j. PRICE, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-29
ELBAv1LLE, N. c., Aug. 80, 'S7.

ELBAvILLE, N. c., Aug. 80, 'S7.
Herewith [ hand you the formula
for making compost for wheat
500 pounds Dissolved bone
80 L" Ammonia.
200 :. Potash.
100 " Salt.
Rich earth enough to make out a
ton.
The earth should be passed through
a course seive to take out stones and
anything else that would not go
through a drill This compost does
not need to lie in bulk, but can be
used the same day it is made, though
it does not hurt if made several weeks
before needed, provided it is kept
under shelter. Dirt from under old
houses, and especially old tobacco
barns where sheep have been using,
is first rate. Ashes are also good.
Apply from 200 to 600 pounds per
acre with a drill. This is what is
known as the 'Furman" formula
w. J. ELLIS, in Times.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-29
NEW STATE ALLIANCES.

Proclamations have been issued
signed by President CIV. Macune and
Secretary E. B. Warren, of the Ma
tional Farmers Alliance, for organic
ing three new State Alliances on the
4th day of October. \The Missouri
State Alliance will be organized at
Poplar Bluff by J. w. Despair, that
of North Carolina at Rockingham by
N. II. G. Elliot, and the State of Flor
ida by Oswald Wilson. When these
organizations are effected there will be
eight State Alliances in the South. It
will be only short time until every
State is organized and under the ma
>tional Jurisdiction.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-29

If every boy in the country who has
his way to make would sit down with
the fact, long enoughto master it, that
nothing but hard, honest work will
bring anything worth having in this
world, there would be fewer young
men looking for some kind of work
where they could keep their hands
clean, and in doing which they could
lie in bed till eight o'clock in the
morning. There would be fewer
looking for such jobs, and more who
were anxious to work at trades, where
the prospects of amounting to some
thing is much greater.-Amer'con Ma
cbin2St
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-29
OUR FARMERS CLUBS.
What our Farmers are Doing and How
the Work of Organizing is
Progressing.
LINwooD, n. c., Sept. 10, 'S7.

LTNwooD, n. c., Sept. IS, 81.
A number of farmers met at Wood
lawn, Davidson county, N. c., and
organized a club by electing G. w.
Palmer, President Capt. G. F. Smith.
Vice-President P. E. link, Secretary
and Treasurer Elective Committee:
G. H. Kinley, w. R. Michael and John
H. Swicegood, Esq. Postoffice ad-
dress of each officer is Linwood, David
son county, n. G.
Yours truly,
P. E. link, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-29
THE ALLIANCE IN CUMBERLAND.

Mr.. j. B. Barry has been very active
the past week in forming Alliances
throughout this county. He is meet
ing with great success. Farmers see
that there is necessity for unity of
action, that their condition be may bet
tered; and we believe if the best farm
ers will take hold and give their ad
vice and experience that many that
now labor to no profit will find the
Union a beneficial one.-FayetteriHe
Observer
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-29

GREEN MANURING
NUMBER 5

A sufficient amount of the proper
kind Of food is of prime necessity for
mankind, for animals, and for the
land
Animals that are not regularly fed
with suitable food in proper quantity
cannot be relied upon to stand severe
strains. A diet of fried pork and
bread may sustain life, but such food
alone will not maintain the highest
mental and physical vigor of man
and his family.
If the land is not properly fed with
suitable food, the farmer cannot OBJ
tain from it the largest results.
| Man cannot thrive on meat alone.
The horse cannot live on corn, but
must have variety of food, to insure
health and vigor. The land must also
be fed with a variety of vegetable
food, and in large quantities in order
to obtain the best returns for the labor
bestowed upon it, and for the concen-
trated fertilizers used.
1t is fully as important that the
land shall have vegetable matter to
feed upon, in order to produce re-
munerative crops, as for man to have
vegetables or fruits for his daily food.
If the land is we'll supplied with
vegetable matter, it can appreciate
and use with profit reasonable amount
of commercial fertilizer under almost
any kind of crop. If the land is not
supplied with vegetable matter, and is
in a poor and run down condition the
concentrated fertilizer will not give
certain or profitable results.
Many farmers use from two hun
dred to six hundred pounds CONNER
cial fertilizers per acre with profit, and
the largest profit comes from the land
that is best supplied with vegetable
matter.
Some portion of the crop from
every acre under cultivation should
be returned to the land each year.
How can this be accomplished with
the least expense, is a question that
each farmer must determine for him
self.
Is it better to feed the crops to ami
mails on the farm, and use barn yard
manure to enrich the fields, Or is it
easier to plant peas, millet, rye and
other crops to be ploughed under for
fertilizing the land, or cannot both
methods be employed by every
farmer
Our long seasons enables the man
aging farmer to obtain a market
or food crop, and also manuring
crop from the greater part Of his
land every year. Rye can be sowed
at any season millet and peas can be
planted from April to July, and they
all are good crops for manuring.
A
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-29
THE ORANGE COUTY FARMERS CLUB.

THE ORANGE COUTY FARMERS CLUB.
The Orange County Farmers Club
was organized at Hillsboro Sept. 18th.
The Club adopted the Constitution and
Bylaws printed in The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER, changed SO as to adapt it to a
county instead of a township club.
There were only about thirty farmers
present, but they showed much interest
IN the movement.
Judge Ruffin was present and spoke
very favorably and encouragingly Of
the farmers movement He is good
farmer and has the confidence of all
the farmers Of Orange county, and
would certainly have been elected
PRESIDENT Of the Club, but he declined
because he had never learned to run
straight furrow. He will, however, ever
be valuable member. The following
were elected permanent officers Of the
Club, to wit:
President-Alex. McIver.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY. D. Latta.
Secretary-N. d. Balm.
Treasurer-Thos. H. Hughes
A committee was appointed to in
qulre into the advisability of holding
Farmers Institute in November
next and report at the next meeting.
a resolution was adopted asking all
The townships to send full delegations
and inviting all farmers to be present
at the next meeting
The Club adjourned to meet at the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-29
HOW WANNAMAKER GOT RICH.

John Wannamaker, the great mer-
chant prince of Philadelphia, has am
assed an immense fortune and he tells
how he did it. We commend his SEN
sible views to others
II never in my life used such a
thing as poster, or dodger, or hand
bill. My plan for fifteen years has
been to buy so much space in a news
paper and fill it up with what [ wanted.
| would not give an advertisement in
a newspaper of four hundred circula-
tion for five thousand dodgers or pos
ters. If | wanted to sell cheap jew
elry or run lottery scheme l might
use posters, but wouldn't insult de-
cent reading public with hand bills,
The class of people who read such
things are poor class to look to for
support in merchantile affairs. How
do reach newspapers | do it in
this manner: | never deal with adj
vertising agents They always get the
profit the advertiser should have. /
deal directly with the publisher. l say
to him How much will you let me run
a column of matter through your paper
for 500 or $500 as the case may be.
l let him do the figuring, and If l
think he is not trying to gouge more
than his share, l give him the copy. l
lay aside the profits on particular
line of goods for advertising purposes.
The first year laid aside $4,000; last
year laid aside and spent $4,000.
I have done better this year and shall
increose that sum as the profits war
rant it. | owe my success to the
newspapers, and to them | shall freely
give certain profit of my yearly
business
The Central Farmers Club, of Davie
county, will meet on the first Saturday
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-29

The Central Farmers Club, of Davie
county, will meet on the first Saturday
in October.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-29

We are glad to see our farmers
moving in the direction of organiza-
ton. All other classes and profes-
sions have their organizations then
why should not the farmers? The
reason there has not been more of this
in the past is because their hearts
have not been in their work. Now
this movement demonstrates that
there is an awakening in this regard,
a growing love, we may say, for their
chosen life work. And we are glad
to see it. a man must love his work
to make a success of it, let it be what
it may. There is no calling or pro-
fession which should call out this feel
ing more fully than that Of the farmer.
When properly followed it is the most
independent of all callings-there isless
drudgery and mentality about it than
any other.-Monroe Enquirer E;rpress.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-29
CLUB OF sMITHFIELD TOWN

SHIP.
A Farmers Club was organized in
Smithfeld township on the 18th day
of September with sixteen members
The following are the officers of the
Club:
President-John Smith.
ce-President-W r. Creech.
Secretary-Willie A. Smith.
Treasurer-T B. Creech.
We will let you hear from us at our
next meeting. I think the farmers
mean business in this section.
WILLIE A SMITH, Sec'y.
Postoffice, Smithfeld, Johnston Co.,
n. c..
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-22
A Boston shark Story.


From the Boston Herald oct. u.
youth named Richardson. residing in Wash
ington Village, went out smelling in Dorchester
Bay last evening. at point not far from Burn
hams wharf He was in a small rowboat a
yacht tender. and suddenly his attention was
attracted to the water back of him by an I'M
usual movement. Looking he thought he saw a
Newfoundland dog swimming toward him
When the object was within q few feet of his
boat it turned and threw open its immense
jaws. The Young bOatman was almost frozen
dropped his lines and seized an oar and with
all the strength that is born of frenzy despera-
ton, and the feeling of preservation he
struck the shark on the side of the head sink
ing its head under the water. IL came
to the surface again in an instant The
young man had as quickly recovered
himself and rained blows thick and fast on the
fish's head. 1t made several snaps at the oar.
and then lay out on the wafer. Giving the ami
NAL one more blow on the head the youth
jumped into his seat and rowel for the shore
Once safely on terra frma. he told his asso-
ciateS of his adventure, and, after the dropping
of the the az a late hour. young Richardson and
a party of friends walked out to the spot where
the combat had occurred, and there stranded
on the fats the dead shark was found After
considerable difficulty the monster was brought
ashore and laid across wheelbarrow and the
young man proceeded to wheel it to their club
room on Dorchester avenue, adjoining Wash
ington Hall, where the curiosity is at present to
be seen. 1t measures feet : inches. is white
underneath, is as smooth as six when rubbed
from head to tail, and as rough as sand-paper
when caresSed against the grain. A gentleman
who claims to know all about the "critter" said
that it was of the worst man eating species.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-22

A serious state Of Affairs exists in Roa1s
county, West Virginia. A few days ago
preacher named 2 yan was cruelty murdered
while trying 70 protect his house from rob
berry. Circumstances led 10 the belief that
the crime was committed by an organized
hand Of robbers, AMI subsequent develop
meats justified this belief Warrants were
issuei for the apprehension Of the murder
ers. and then the curious part Of the pro
cee1ings began- II is presumed that the
warrants were placed in the hands OF Off
cel-s. but II 50 the posses soon developed into
lynching parties. Hundreds Of men took To
the nils in search Of the mur1eTers, they
were one BY one captured, and most
Of them confessed. not only 20 the
preparation Of the murder with which
they were charged by the warrants,
but 20 the existence Of the organ
izatiOn Of robbers which mad been sus-
pectsd. Whether they confessed or not,
however, made little difference-they were
Immediately iynched L is understood that
SIX. 81 least, Of the seven men implicated in
the murder Of Mr. Ryan have met this fate.
Numerous other outlaws are said 10 flourish
IN that region. who live by robbery.
A fact brought out By the lynchings Is
the existence Of band Of regulators. said
% Be near 90 strong and covering four
counties, whose purpose IS to punish crime,
and L seems that the men who sought legal
authority to arrest the Ryan mur5ercrs,
but executed them On their own, were
members Of this secret order or society.
This discioses a very serious state Of
affairs IL IS much worse than II the men
had been slain in an outburst Of popular
passion. IL Is the deliberate act OF men
who have e. great contempt for law as
those whom they shoot or hang. The fact
that the murderers were worthy Of death
did not warrant individuals in killing them.
Only the State could do that without the
stain Of blood-guiltiness
The purpose OF tine s5ciety may be praise
worthy-to nd the community Of criminals;
but tbs history Of all such societies shows
that, no matte what their purpose, the
fatal fact that the members themselves are
outlaws dOoms them 10 the control Of the
worst and boldest Of their own number, who
will lead them from crime TO crime until
the original purpose is forgotten. Let these
regulators remember the history Of the
Missouri Bald Knobbers and other bands.
West Virginia has need of a vigorous
vindication of the law
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-22
HaskeIPs Apology.

w. L. Haskell who wrote the article
which was published in the Minneapolis
Tribune the morning after Mr. Cleveland
and his party visited that city, and which
contained an insult to Mrs. Cleveland, is a
Boston man and graduate of Harvard
He is the junior member of the firm which
owns the Tribune, and is its editor. His
father is the editor of the Boston Herald,
which paper is a stanch supporter Of the
President. The people of Minneapolis and
the Northwest held Mr.. Blenthen, the chief
owner Of the Tribune, responsible for the
article, and he very narrowly escaped some
punishment at the hands of the indignant
people OF Minneapolis. From our dispatches
it seems that Haskell has acknowledged that
he alone is responsible for the
article, and has admitted that, in
publishing it, he committed a
grave error. He is clearly not the kind of
young man TO have control of any part
of a newspaper. He may be a very good
writer and well fitted for subordinate
capacity, but he is pretty certain to get
himself and others into trouble if not held
in check
The dispatches state that when the editor
of the Boston Herald saw the article and
realized the trouble that it was likely to
cause he started for Minneapolis at once.
1t may be that he gave his oversmart son a
lecture when he reached that city which
that youth viii not soon forget
For several days after the article APP
peared the Tribune paid no attention to the
angry expressions of the people, and the
indignant comments Of the press, but it is
alleged that the circulation of the paper be-
gan TO decrease so rapidly that Blenthen
was threatening to get rid of his interest in
it at any cost. Blenthen's course together
with the presence Of the senior Haskell, who,
it is said, owns a big interest in the paper,
doubtless forced the young man to declare
his responsibility for the article and his re-
greet for its publication.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-22
BRIGHT BITS.

HosIEss-Nr. Levy viii you have some pork.
Ar Levy-No ma -.
Hostess tc0nfuse1 oh / forgot. Excuse
ne John. get some cold ham for Mr.. Levy
ErchGnge.
HrsBASD desperately Life has no longer
any charms for me. I'll xii myself III take
poison.
vie fpleasently.-weI if you do take poison.
my dear get the kind that's adyertised-'Dont
die III the house. PHILADELPHIA -Netcs.
ToxMY's fathers business affairs cali him
from home early in the morning and keep him
until late at night. Rece1tly the old gentleman
found It necessary 10 punish Tommy and the
boy sought his mother for consolation. why,
what the matter. Tommy she asked. The
rn-fnan that s-seeps here nights s-spanked me =
he sobbed.-Ercsa5f3s.
A moral PAREST.-Do you ever play cardss
No. and never viii
Why
The last request Of my dying father was that
would never gamble In any way
He must have teen O very good man"
Yes. and he had just lost farm on game
Of poker two days before he died. Lincoln
tNeb.) journal
NEAT PATRIoTIsx-Mr. Suavemollth ICON
tinuing conyersatl0ui-Eaas Mr. Crowley is
IawtheT an Interesting Animal. but he Gavin t
compare in intelligence with the chimpanzee at
the London loo Y know.
Miss Washington lserenelyl- but YOU must
consider, Mr.. Suavemouth, that our .a-awnimal'
Las A1dl ever t4-AiAE l4-lA>EAls Will
to copy frOm.-Tid-Bits.
LEAVE the door ajar. please " said the mer-
chant cOurteOusly. And the visitor from Ar
kansas as he went out, fetched it 20 with both
bands yanked Of the knob. springing both
hinges and leaving jar that ratified every win
down in the building. And. if you'll believe it
the merchant got mad. You don't know how
to please some men, because they never know
what they want themselves u5dette
A Boston GIRL, giving directions for new
pair of boots TO be made to order. told the cob
bier 10 be sure to put in good leather penults
''Penults!" querled the horny-handed son of a
lap stone
Yes; inner soles. don't you knowg''
'Oh, certainly; but why do you call them
penults, Miss:
Because they come next to the last, don't
they Springfield Union.
Col WITHERsPooS, of Austin, died last De.
cemDer His case was hopeless from the first
Calling bis physician TO his bedside one day he
whispered:
Doctor, can't you arrange 50 that l can slide
out quietly before Christmas
Why soy
You see, doctor, can save lot of money
by not having to buy presents for Tom, Dick
and Harry. o-Teras Siftngs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-22
Two Celebrated Cases.

The full bench of the Supreme Court at
Washington viii hear argument next Mon
day on the question whether a writ OF error
shall be granted in the case Of the con
demned Chicago Anarchists. The course
pursued by Mr. Justice Harlan in declining
70 hear argument in behalf of the applica-
ton for the writ was wise one. If he had
denied the application. it would. perhaps,
have been presented to another of the
justices, and that proceeding would have
been continued through the whole list of
justices. unless some one of them had
granted it. If he had granted the applica-
ton, the full bench would have had TO pass
upon it. 1t was, therefore, better that the
application should be presented to the court
at once.
Whether the points which the counsel for
the Anarchists make are strong ones or not
is a question upon which lawyers doubtless
differ If they are valid ones the court will
not hesitate TO grant the writ, and the case,
as presented to the Supreme Court of ILL
nois, will be reviewed by the Supreme Court
of the United States.
This case and the case Of Jacob Sharp, the
New York bride giver, have attracted the
attention Of the whole country for months
1t is now probable that they will continue
to occupy public attention for some
months more. If the Court Of
Appeals of New York decides
that ShaIp's conviction was in
accordance with the law, an effort will
certainly be made to have the United States
Supreme Court review the case. Some Of
the best lawyers in New York declare that
the admission, on the trial, as evidence, Of
the testimony which Jacob Sharp gave
before the committee of the Legislature,
was Illegal, and furnishes good ground for
a writ Of error from the United States Su-
preme Court There is certainly a proba-
bility that the Anarchists will not be hung
on the day fixed for their execution, and
that Jacob Sharp will not go to the peniten-
tiary this year. Where there is plenty of
money for lawyers fees, it seems always
possible to find ways to delay justice.